You can't be too careful what you tell a child because you never know what he'll take hold of and spend the rest of his life remembering you by.
Frederick BuechnerIn New England, especially, [faith] is like sex. It's very personal. You don't bring it out and talk about it.
Frederick BuechnerI was deeply influenced by an Episcopal laywoman named Agnes Sanford, who in her day was quite famous as a faith healer, which is a term I've always distrusted, because it conjures up charlatanry. She was not a charlatan. She was the real thing, and she had had remarkable healings.
Frederick BuechnerWe find by losing. We hold fast by letting go. We become something new by ceasing to be something old.
Frederick Buechner